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Charmion – The ‘Disgusting’ Victorian-Era Strongwoman Who Stripped For Freedom

Charmion – The ‘Disgusting’ Victorian-Era Strongwoman Who Stripped For Freedom

The sensational gymnast who became America's highest paid vaudeville star ...
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The Curious Hypnotic Reality of Dutch Photographer and Filmmaker Johan van der Keuken

The Curious Hypnotic Reality of Dutch Photographer and Filmmaker Johan van der Keuken

The photographer and filmmaker wanted to show us the questions away from the certainties of TV and rigid documentaries ...
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A Celebration of 150 Years of Children in Photographs

A Celebration of 150 Years of Children in Photographs

The wonder of childhood in photos ...
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Paul Sougy : Luminous Illustrations Of Animals – c. 1952

Paul Sougy : Luminous Illustrations Of Animals – c. 1952

Lush illustratiosn of insects and animals for French children ...
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Sublime Autochromes From Early 20th Century France

Sublime Autochromes From Early 20th Century France

The Autochrome revolutionised photography. American photographer Edward Steichen (1879-1973) called it the "most beautiful process ...
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Buy Prints The Paintings of Late 19th Century Parisian Society by Jean-Louis Forain

The Paintings of Late 19th Century Parisian Society by Jean-Louis Forain

"No man but Molière could match the sublime humour of Forain, which is not without bitterness." - Guillaume Apollinaire ...
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Fabulous Ski Resort Advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s

Fabulous Ski Resort Advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s

'A pair of skis are the ultimate transportation to Freedom' -Warren Miller ...
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Illustrations of Pierre Louys’ Les Chanson de Bilitis by George Barbier

Illustrations of Pierre Louys’ Les Chanson de Bilitis by George Barbier

That morning I did not eat, nor yet at dusk, and put no rouge nor powder on my lips, so that her kiss might cling a little longer ...
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Tatiana at the Beach – Autochromes by Artist Ernest-Louis Lessieux

Tatiana at the Beach – Autochromes by Artist Ernest-Louis Lessieux

The Autochrome Lumière was an early color photography process patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907 the year these photographs were taken. ...
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Buy Prints ‘Never Destroy, Always Create’ – Alphonse Mucha’s Studio Photographs

‘Never Destroy, Always Create’ – Alphonse Mucha’s Studio Photographs

I was happy to be involved in an art for the people and not for private drawing rooms. It was inexpensive, accessible to the general public, and it found a home in poor families as well as in more affluent circles. ...
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Felix Nussbaum: The Artist Who Who Left Behind Enduring Evidence of His Existence

Felix Nussbaum: The Artist Who Who Left Behind Enduring Evidence of His Existence

The German-Jewish artist whose paintings speak of inner turmoil in a world filled with horror ...
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The Rise and Fall of Ernest Marples MP – Corruption,  Kinky Sex and STD

The Rise and Fall of Ernest Marples MP – Corruption, Kinky Sex and STD

Marples was energetic can-do sort of person but the working class Mancunian stood out from the almost all his fellow Tory MPs not least for his tendency to wear blue suits with orange-brown shoes. ...
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